Cigar-packing device



F. x. MALOCSAY. CIGAR PACKING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, I920.

Patented Jan. 10, 1922.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- @223 BY g F. X. MALOCSAY.

CIGAR PACKING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 15, I920. 1,403,047, PBIGIIf/Gd Jan. 10, 1922.

2 SHEET'SSHEET 2.

,2 F .4; 24 M J Z9 \\\\\I .9 I l 7.5 flZIZVENTOR BY 272 srras ire FRANCIS K. MALOCSAY, 0F NE? YORK, N. Y., ASSIGITOR '10 INTERNATIONAL BANDING MACHINE COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., .A CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK.

CIGAR-PACKING DEVICE.

iaoaoir.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed September 15, 1920. Serial No. 410,435.

To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that 1, Francis X. Manooser, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of New York, county of Westchester, and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cigar-Packing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a device by means of which cigars or articles of similar character may be easily handled and packed in boxes. My invention is particularly applicable as an attachment to cigar banding machines enabling unb'anded cigars to be removed from a box and after the same have been handed, to be easilyreturned to the box again.

With these object and otherobjects which may hereinafter appear in view, I have devised the particular arrangement of parts hereinafter set forth and more particularly pointed out in the claims appended hereto. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof in which Figure 1 is a plan View of improved cigar packing device;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same; i 7

its inner end with an enlarged head 13 and Figure 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows;

Figure 1 is a transverse sectional view of my improved cigar packing device;

Figure 5 is a front elevation, partly in section, of the cigar support showing the manner in which the cigars are removed therefrom and carried to the cigar box in which they are to be packed;

Figure 6 is a transverse sectional View of the movable cigar support and surrounding parts;

Figure 7 is a View of the underside of the friction device for holding the cigar support in any desired position and Figure 8 is a sectional View on the line 88 of Figure 7 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Throughout the various views of the drawings, similar reference characters designate similar parts. A

In the preferrred embodiment of my invention as disclosed in the accompanying drawing, 1 indicates a table which is adapted to support the banded cigars. This table may, if desired, form a part or an extension of a portion of the cigar banding machine from which the banded cigars are ejected.

Secured upon the upper face of the table 1 is a plate 2 which is provided with a lateral extension or flap 3 which projects outside of the table 1 and is preferably inclined at an angle to enable cigars to he slid rapidly from the table and on to the movable cigar support hereinafter described.

Secured to the underside of the table 1 is a pair of spaced-apart supporting brackets l. At 5 is a supporting'member provided with end plates 6 which terminate at their upper ends in ears 7 which are pivoted'to the brackets 4: by means of pins 8.

The support?) may be held in an inclined position if desired, by means of a rod 28 which is pivotally attached to a bracket 29 secured to the support 5. The rod is provided near its outer end with notches 30 which engage a pin 31 in a bracket 32 secured on the underside of the table 1.

At 9 is a shelf which is movable with respect to the supporting member 5 and is provided with a strip 10 which enters into and moves in a slot 11 in the supporting member 5. The shelf 9 may be fixed inany position by means of the bolt 12 provided at port 18 on which the cigars are adapted to be received from the table 1.

The cigar support 18 is provided with an inclined upper surface 19 and a groove 20 in which rests the cigar-removing ribbon or tape 21. The cigar support 18 is provided with an end plate 22 and side plates 23. Fixed at the sides of the cigar support 18 are guides 2% between which the cigar support is raised and lowered. It will be understood from the foregoin that the cigar support is vertically mova 1e and when it is desired to remove cigars from the table onto the support 18, this support is moved until its inclined upper face 19 rests on a line with the angle of inclination of the flap or extension 3 on the plate 2. The first layer of cigars 25 may be rapidly swept from the table 1 on to" the cigar support 18 and the cigar siipport is thenl'owerecl by' slight pressure to receive a second layer of cigars on top of the first mentioned layer and'thisprd' cedure is continued until as many layersof cigarshave" been received on the support as the box in which they are to be packed can accommodate.

The rOdjl'Z which depends from the cigar support'li8 is movable in its tubular guide against frictional resistance which is produced by a suitable friction-clamp comprising a fixed block 26 and a movable springpressed block 27.

. After the desired amount of cigars have been received on the support 18, they are removed therefromiby means of the ribbon 21 which normally lies in the grooveeo; The

manner in whichthe same may beremoved is disclosed i nigure 5 wherein vv'il-l be seen that theribbon embracesthe cigars and holdsthesame in position to be immediately deposited ina box, indicated at 283Wl1i'ch is ready to receive them. The box 28 is supported upon asuitable shelf29 resting upon [the shelf 9. The box is clamped in' position on said shelf 29 by means of a' movable spring-pressed clamping member 30 which forces the box against abutments 3l fixed upon the shelf 29. The abutments 31 and the spring-pressed clamping mem'ber 30 are each provided with prongs32vwhich firmly V grip the sides of the box andholdthesame to prevent it from shifting while cigarsare' being removed therefrom or placed therein;

The spring-pressed clamping m'ember 30 is disclosed in. detail in Figure d'wherein it will be seen that the same comprises a rod 33 ononeend of which is the head 34. The

spring 35 abuts against ashoulder 36 on said rod. The spring is enclosed in a casin 36. v

.T rom the foregoing the operation of my improved cigar packing device will be readilyun'derstood. A box of unbanded cigars is placed upon the shelf 29 between thegrippin members 30 and 31. The cigars are remove therefrom and fed tothe band- 'movement of said support.

ing machine. The banded cigars are ejected from the machine onto the table 1. From there, they are slid onto the cigar-receiving support 18 in the manner heretofore described. When all of the cigars that are intended to be received in the box are placed upon the support 18, they are removed therefrom by means of the ribbon 21 and deposited in'tlie'b ox and the ribbon removed therefrom and. placed in its groove 20 to receive the next batch of cigars. I i

1 F mm the foregoing it is obvious that my invention is not to be restricted to the exact embodiment shown but is broad enough to cover all structures coming within the scope of the annexed claims.

What I claim is r- 1. A device of the class described comprising a table, a support vertically movable adjacent said table and adapted to receive cigars therefrom, 'guidesat the side's of said support, said support having an inclined upper fa'c'eand a ribbon groove in said face.

2. A device of the class'describe d comprising a table an inclined flap thereon, a cigar receiving support having a downwardly extending rod, a guide in which said rod is movable and means for frictionally resisting device of the class described comprising a table, a movable support adapted to receive successive layers of cigars that are "slid off of said table and a ribbon groove FRANCIS X. MALOCSAY. 

